| | | Can DMX stay out of trouble long enough to return to the top of the charts? BY NIKI D'ANDREA  It's around 5 on a November evening, and DMX is getting ready to do a sound check inside the Venue Scottsdale, an upscale concert space. Dressed in a black shirt, long shorts and hiking boots, the rapper paces the stage. Suddenly, he brings the microphone to his mouth and hollers, "What?" His manager, Nakia Walker, sitting in front of a speaker, covers an ear and winces. DMX — his real name is Earl Simmons — chuckles and lowers his voice, imitating a smooth radio announcer. "Hello, and welcome to a mellow evening with DMX," he says. "Tonight, we'll be playing all of your favorites, like this classic tune." The DJ cues the track for "Slippin'," from DMX's second album, Flesh o... more >>
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its own route BY ELKE MERMIS  Let's just chill down here," says Roger Lee (better known as R.L.) Brooks, a Rolling Rock dangling from his fingers. The four members of his band, Maps for Travelers, are gathered around a scarred table, sipping from cold green bottles after a long day. "I hate being in the office because I feel like I'm the boss up there," Brooks says. "And I'm not the boss." That's not really true. In Maps for... more >> | | | | | | | | Olive Café in midtown gets Mediterranean to a tea BY CHARLES FERRUZZA  You don't have to travel to Scarborough Fair to indulge in the shades and flavors of parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme. The new Olive Café uses plenty of fresh herbs in its dishes and serves steaming pots of sage tea. That beverage is a beautiful, amber-colored brew with a sublime fragrance. It reportedly is powerful in allaying migraines, bronchitis and nervous exhaustion, but it isn't th... more >> | | | | | | All Good Things BY NICK PINKERTON  Generously bankrolled (then shelved) by an imperiled Weinstein Company and peopled with Academy Award nominees, it's tempting to call All Good Things an upscale version of straight-to-cable, true-crime crap, which only makes it sound more entertaining than it actually is. In a fictional retelling, Andrew Jarecki, director of 2003's documentary Capturing the Friedmans, reopens the case of Robert ... more >> | | | | | | | | Wayward Blog ? Frank Hicks continues to heat up January at Knuckleheads. For the second time this month, another of New Orleans' finest is coming on Friday, January 21: Bonerama. ... Fat City When it comes to dating, lunch is like coffee. Both suggest that you're on uncertain ground and still figuring out whether you want to dive in for dinner at the American. Compounding the proble... Plog It's been barely a month since KC's animal shelters were on the verge of euthanizing dozens upon dozens of sweet, gentle puppies due to overcrowding. God bless you, Kansas City. You came throug... | | | | |
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